A draft law "On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine (on Improving Mechanisms for Combating Corruption)" (No. 7571) has been registered in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, which provides for expanding the interpretation of the concept of corruption and greater liability for committing such actions.

Yesterday, 31 May, deputy head of the Volyn Regional State Administration Vasyl Baitsym met with a representative of the German company "Kromberg & Schubert," which intends to invest more than 18 million euros in Volyn for the construction of a plant producing cable networks for passenger cars of the "Daimler Chrysler…

At gas stations in many regions of Ukraine, the growth of prices for A-95 gasoline has resumed.

Ukrainian Serhiy Bubka Jr. successfully overcame the third round of the junior tennis Roland Garros and reached the 1/4 finals of the junior category. The duel of the Ukrainian athlete against American Matt Bruch began not in Serhiy's favor.

On June 1, a press conference dedicated to the International Day for the Protection of Children was held at Lesya Ukrainka Volyn State University. This was reported to "Lutsk Investment" by the press center of VSU.

The investigation has identified accomplices to the crime that occurred in Tsuman during the last elections, and police officers involved in it have been detained, Vasyl Kurenda, deputy prosecutor of the Volyn region, reported on June 1.

According to the director of the Lutsk Distillery, Rostyslav Ivanov, at the 10th International Specialized Exhibition of Beverages "Alkosoft-2005" in the tasting competition, the horilka "Viche", "Korolivskyi Banket", and "Poliska Pertseva" received silver awards, while "Poliska Osoblyva" received a bronze one.

Our Ukraine" accused SDPU(o) of voting for the resolution on the beating of its members with the cards of absent deputies. \nThis was stated by People's Deputy Volodymyr Yavorivskyi.

The Prosecutor's Office of the Volyn Region has initiated and is investigating a criminal case under Article 364, Part 1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine "abuse of office" regarding the facts of the sale of trade union property.